This story was originally published on July 29, 2020. As part of MedPage Today s review of the past year s top stories, we are republishing it along with an update on the group s activity since.
The latest viral video promoting COVID-19 misinformation features a newly formed group called America s Frontline Doctors. About 10 physicians, dressed in white coats with an embroidered America s Frontline Doctors logo, spoke for 45 minutes in front of the Supreme Court on Monday on a range of COVID-19 talking points, from hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) being curative to the mental health effects of lockdown outweighing the toll of the virus itself.
But none of the most vocal members have practices that would place them on the actual front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some don t currently practice at all.